First-Year Writing and Technical Writing and Communication Undergraduate Student Award Winners
Congratulations to the Writing Studies 2024-2025 award winners in our First-Year Writing (FYW) and Technical Writing and Communication (TWC) Undergraduate programs! We are very proud of our students and their excellent writing. Award recipients are presented below including their area of study, the award they received, and the title of their award winning work.
First-Year Writing
Ava Kolb (She/her) - Pre-Architecture - FYW Student Writing Award for “The Scroll Effect”
Hunter Kottke (He/him) - Computer Science - FYW Student Writing Award for “Desantis vs. Pride”
Amelia Liu - Management Information Systems - FYW Student Writing Award for “Gone with the Wind”
Joel Lujan (He/Him) - Psychology and Criminology - FYW Student Writing Award Honorable Mention for “How do microaggressions affect the mental health of LGBTQ+ students?”
Cayman Pagel (She/her) - Chemical Engineering - FYW Student Writing Award for “Romance-ifying Harmful Masculinity”
Courtney Phillippi (She/her) - Interested in business marketing education and sports management - FYW Student Writing Award Honorable Mention for “Navigating Body Image in the Digital Era”
Andrew Urueta (He/him) - Computer Science - Scott Jacobson Spirit Award for “Is Climate Change Our Fault?”
Technical Writing and Communication
Ai-Quynh Bui (She/her)- Technical Writing and Communication - Coakley Ames Writing Excellence Award for “Dinner for Two, Three, Four, and More: Comparative Analysis on Vietnamese Professional Friendships and American Professional Networking”
Alessandro Rasgattino (He/him) - Technical Writing and Communication - James & Ruth Brown Undergraduate Award for “Ethics in Technical Writing”
Jack Teske - Technical Writing and Communication - James & Ruth Brown Undergraduate Award for “Bike Infrastructure Implementation For Thomas Jefferson High School”
